Agenda
Thursday October 13
Breakfast (0745 – 0815)
Welcome and Meeting Overview (0815)
North West Atlantic (0830 – 0950) Chair: Joseph Kuehl
A High-resolution Ocean Reanalysis of the Northwest Atlantic in Support of Climate Change Studies and the Blue Economy (Ruoying He, North Carolina State University)
Investigating the variability of mesoscale eddies in the Northwest Atlantic 1993-2020 (Elena Perez, MIT-WHOI Joint Program)
East Coast Ocean Acidification (ECOA) cruises and anthropogenic carbon accumulation in the U.S. East Coast (Xinyu Li, University of Delaware)
Local and remote forcing of sea-level and circulation variability on the Northwest Atlantic shelves (Jiayan Yang, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Marine Extreme Temperature Events and Their Biological Impacts on the United States East Coast (Tianning Wu, North Carolina State University)
Coffee Break (0950 – 1010)
MAB & Shelf Dynamics I (1010 – 1130) Chair: Tobias Kukulka
Synchronization of cyclonic eddies and wind initializes a subsurface heatwave in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Ke Chen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Assessing the role of ocean currents on prey concentration from hourly to seasonal scales using Lagrangian coherent structures (Jacquelyn Veatch, Rutgers University)
Observations of subsurface Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rates in the New England Shelf (Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen, University of Connecticut)
Wind Fetch and Direction Effects on Langmuir Turbulence in a Coastal Ocean (Xingchi Wang, University of Delaware)
Direct measurements of wave-coherent pressure work in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (Seth Zippel, WHOI)
Lunch & Poster Session (1130 – 1330)
Spatial Variability of Movement, Structure, and Formation of Warm Core Rings in the Northwest Atlantic Slope Sea (Adrienne Silver, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
Looking for Internal Wave Signals in the OOI Coastal Pioneer Array (Lang Ming, Stony Brook University)
The Physical Conditions of the Maryland Coastal Bays (MCBs) and its Impact on the Recruitment of Blue Crab Larvae (Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
Modeling of Wave Damping by an Array of Reef Balls in the Intertidal Zone (Chang Liu, University of Connecticut)
Regional Research Funding Opportunity to Advance the Responsible Development of Offshore Wind (Michelle Fogarty, Equinor)
Quantifying Terms of the TKE Budget Equation in the Wave Boundary Layer over Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (Oaklin Keefe, MIT-WHOI)
Vertical structure of velocity in a shallow, tidal salt marsh creek from pulse-coherent measurements (Molly M. Jams, University of Connecticut)
Characterizing Coastal Flooding in the Delaware Bay Region using Neural Networks and Sentinel-1 Imagery (Deanna Edwing, University of Delaware)
Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Air-Sea CO2 Flux in the Northwest Atlantic Continental Margins (Kelsea Edwing, University of Delaware)
MAB & Shelf Dynamics II (1330 – 1440) Chair: Magdalena Andres
Relocation of the OOI Pioneer Array (Albert Plueddemann, WHOI)
What makes high-wind events impactful? Categorizing high-wind patterns to assess their contribution to the rapid fall stratification breakdown south of New England (Lukas Lobert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Evaluating the efficacy of candidate shark species and CTD tag technology for ocean observing applications in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Caroline Wiernicki, University of Delaware)
Experimental/Numerical investigation of shelf flow crossing over a strait (Joseph Kuehl, University of Delaware)
Coffee & Snack Break (1440 – 1500)
Coastal Dynamics, Estuaries & Storm Surges I (1500 – 1620) Chair: Jacqueline McSweeney
Surface convergence zones due to Lagrangian residual flow in tidally driven estuaries (Tobias Kukulka, University of Delaware)
Effects of baroclinic forcings and bathymetry on surface-trapped drifters in the Delaware Bay (R Alan Mason, University of Delaware)
Evidence for Successful Estuarine Hypoxia Mitigation by Nitrogen Discharge Management (James O'Donnell, University of Connecticut)
Skill and Spread Assessment of a Super-Ensemble Coastal and Inland Total Water Level Forecast System (Ziyu Chen, Stevens Institute of Technology)
Assessment of An Ensemble-Based Forecasting System for Storm Surge Prediction: A case study using Tropical Cyclone Isaias (Mahmoud Ayyad, Stevens Institute of Technology)
Dinner at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware (1745 – 2045)
Friday October 14
Breakfast (0800 – 0840)
Coastal Dynamics, Estuaries & Storm Surges II (0840 – 0950) Chair: Xinfeng Liang
Attribution and dynamics of rising coastal floods from estuary urbanization (Philip Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology)
Regional-scale aggregation of Callinectes sapidus and microplastics after flushing from the Delaware Bay (Todd Thoman, University of Delaware)
Modeling lobe-and-cleft instabilities on a river plume (Fengyan Shi, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware)
Chasing Internal Waves in the NY Bight (Jacqueline McSweeney, Stony Brook University)
Coffee Break (0950 – 1010)
Gulf Stream & Cape Hatteras (1010 – 1145) Chair: Tom Hsu
Gulf Stream Regime Shift forces concurrent shift in Salinity Maximum Intrusions (Adrienne Silver, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
Hidden Upwelling Systems Associated with Major Western Boundary Currents (Xinfeng Liang, University of Delaware)
Eddy fluxes and shelf-deep ocean exchange near Cape Hatteras (Robert E. Todd, WHOI)
Processes driving ocean circulation variability near Cape Hatteras: a high-resolution data assimilative modeling investigation (Shun Mao, NC State University)
Ocean Circulation near Cape Hatteras: Observations of Mean and Variability (Harvey Seim, UNC Chapel Hill)
What is Going on East of Cape Hatteras? Some Thoughts about the Doorstep to the Relocated Pioneer Array (Magdalena Andres, WHOI)
Meeting Wrap-up (1145 – 1200)
Lunch Box to Go (1200 – 1230)